Skee-skate.



G. L. JACQUES.

SKEE SKATE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19. .1915. RENEWED MM. 1, 1912.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

GEORGE LANDER JACQUES, OF NEILLSVILLE, WISCONSIN.

Application filed February 19, 1915, Serial No. 9,337.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G ORGE LANDER JAc Uns, citizen of the United States,residing at Neillsville, in the county of Clark and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new and useful Skee-Skate, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improven'ients in skee-skates in which eachskeeskate is constructed with two parallel runners with means forfastening the same to the foot which will allow the free action of thefoot upon a pivot near the toe thereof and one or more tiltin dogsoperating between said runners; and the objects of my improvements are,first, to provide a means which will prevent said skee-skate at alltimes from slipping backward without hindering or imzeding its forwardmotion; second, to provide for an arrangement and construction of saiddogs so that their action will be free and unobstructed by accumulationsof ice or snow; third, to provide a proper cushion to deaden the noiseof the action of said dogs.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a detailed view in perspective of theentire slice-skate as it appears when the operator is sliding forwardupon it; Fig. 2 is a detailed view in perspective of the entireskee-skate as it appears when the operator is pushing backward upon itin order to propel himself forward on the other skee-skate; Fig. 3 is adetailed view in per spective of a section of said skee-skate with apart of one runner removed so as not to obstruct the view showing indetail the construction and arrangement of one of said dogs as itappears when the operatoris pushing backward on the skee-skate to whichit is attached; Fig. d is a detailed view in perspective of a section ofone of said skeeskates with a portion of one runner removed so as not toobstruct the view showing in detail the construction and arrangement ofone of said dogs as it appears when the operator is sliding forward onthe skeeskate to which it is attached; Fig. 5 is a cletailed view inperspective of the cushion used to deaden the noise of the action ofsaid dogs; Fig. 6 is a detailed view in perspective of the foot plateused in attaching said skee-skate to the foot as the same appears whendetached from said shoe-skate and all Specification of Letters Patent.Patented Apr, 1?, 1191?,

Renewed March 7, 1917. Serial No. 153,168.

straps removed therefrom; Fig. 7 is a detailed view in perspective ofthe bracket used in attaching the foot plate shown in Fig. 6 to saidskee-skate.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The runners a, the braces Z) and the platform constitute the frameworkof the skeeskate. The shafts 0 pass through the runners a and form apivot upon which the dogs 0 tilt or turn. through the runners a and thecushion is and are so located that when the operator pushes backward onthe skee-skate the upper part of the dog 0 will rest on said cushionsupported by said shaft Z and hold said dog 0 in such position that theportion of sad dog 0 marked 0 will be held rigid substantially at rightangles to the runners a and projecting into the snow or ice upon whichthe runners a rest and also so located that as the skee-skate movesforward and the dog 0 tilts backward the portion of said dog 0 will beallowed to rise only high enough to clear the ice and snow of the trackover which the skee-skate is traveling and hold said dog 0 in such aposition that the specific gravity of the portion 0 of said dog 0 willcause it instantly to drop into and penetrate the ice and snow of thetrack when the operator pushes backward on said skeeskate. Saidskee-skate maybe constructed with only one dog 0 located either in frontof or behind the foot of the operator or with one or more dogs 0 eitherin front of or behind the foot of the operator or with one dog 0 infront of and one behind the foot of the operator but I prefer to carryout this feature of my invention in the manner shown in Fig. l with twodogs 0 used in front of and two behind the foot of the operator.

The braces Z) are attached to the runners a by rivets at n and hold saidrunners together one being located near each end of said runners and theplatform j is attached to said runners by screws or bolts at m andbraces and holds the runners (6 together and also affords a platformupon which the foot of the operator rests when he is sliding forward onthat slice-skate. a tube composed of rubber, cloth or any other softsubstance that will deaden the noise of the dogs c--c in strikingagainst the shaft Z which said shaft Z passes through and is inclosedwithin said cushion is.

The cushion 71) is- The shafts Z pass A shaft passes through the runnersat and the bracket 2' at s and forms a pivot upon which the bracket iturns the said bracket 2' carrying the foot plate (Z attached to it byrivets at g and the said foot plate cZ carrying the toe strap f, theheel strap 9 and the instep strap h attached thereto at r by rivets andmade adjustable to the operators foot by buckles at 39. At the forwardend of the foot plate (Z on either corner thereof is a diagonal raisedlip or collar 6 to hold the operators foot in place preventing it fromslipping forward and the heel of the operators foot occupies the openspace immediately at the rear of the foot plate (Z and the operatorsfoot 8 held from slipping backward by the heel strap 9 and is heldfirmly in place by the toe strap 7' and the instep strap it said strapsit and f holding the foot plate (Z firmly against the bottom of theoperators foot said foot plate (Z being constructed of spring steel orother substance that will produce a similar effect so that said footplate (Z will bend with the sole of the operators foot but be rigid toany side motion and keep the operators foot always in line with therunners at, the platform (Z being attached near its forward end to thebracket 6 by rivets at Q and with Said bracket 2' turning upon the pivotformed by the shaft at s and permitting the heel of the operators footto be lifted high in the air without raising the rear end of the runnersa from the track when the operator pushes backward.

In operating said skee-skates one of said skee-skates is attached toeither foot of the operator and in pushing backward alternately witheither foot any backward motion of the skee-skate is arrested by theprojection of the dogs 0 into the ice or snow of the track and theoperator is enabled to propel himself forward sliding upon theskee-skate attached to the other foot and thus proceeds in long slidingstrides alternately sliding forward on either skee-skate as thatskee-skate assumes a rearward position preparatory to pushing off uponit.

I am aware that prior to my invention skees have been made with atilting foot plate pivoted to the runner thereof. I therefore do notclaim such a combination broadly.

I am aware that in my application for a patent filed January 27th, 1915I claimed the combination in a skee or skate of two parallel runners. Itherefore do not here claim such a combination broadly.

I claim:

1. The combination in a skee or skate of two parallel runners carryingone or more tilting dogs between them provided with stops arranged toallow said dogs to tilt backward when the skee or skate moves forwardand hold said dogs rigid substantially perpendicular to the runnerstending to stop any backward motion of the skee or skate when theoperator pushes backward thereon said runners also carrying means tosecure the same to the foot.

2. The combination in a skee or skate of two parallel runners carryingone or more tilting dogs between them arranged to extend below saidrunners and assume a rigid position substantially perpendicular to therunners when the runners are moved backward and to tiltback and upwardabove the bottom of the runners when the runners are moved forward saidrunners also carrying a tilting foot plate pivoted thereto near itsforward end said foot plate carrying means to secure the same to thefoot.

3. The combination in a skee or skate of two parallel runners carryingdogs between them tending to stop any backward motion of said runners, aspring foot plate pivoted near its forward end to said runners havinglips extending upward on its forward corners and carrying a toe strapnear its forward end and carrying an instep strap at its rear end andcarrying a heel strap eX- tending to the rear on either side from nearthe forward end of said spring foot plate.

GEORGE LANDER JACQUES.

Witnesses:

H. M. Roo'r, V. M. JACKSON.

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